Embracing Our Essence: Spiritual Conversations with Prominent Women [Paperback]

Susan Skog (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 1, 1997

Jane Goodall - Betty Ford - Sophy Burnham - Joan Borysenko - Elisabeth Kubler-Ross - Naomi Judd - Marian Wright Edelman - Ardath Rodale - Betty Eadie - Rachel Naomi Remen - Christiane Northup

Millions of us are embracing--or may be on the verge of just discovering-- our spiritual essence: our intuitiveness, wisdom, resilience and compassion. In the first shining collection of its kind, 29 prominent women of our time intimately share the philosophies, practices, touchstones and struggles that shape their lives. They discuss the source of the pulsing spirituality sweeping our country--and why it's our only hope for personal fulfillment and evolution as a society. As doctors, poets, psychologists, publishers, teachers, anthropologists and mothers, they show us how we can discover deeper meaning in our lives and lasting peace in our hearts and souls. Valuable solace to women and men discovering their own spiritual strength, this insightful collection speaks directly to that deep place inside all of us that yearns to love, connect and grow in goodness.

Editorial Reviews

Review

Embracing Our Essence: Spiritual Conversations with Prominent Women is intimate, conversational and moving. Its contributors hail from rich and extremely diverse backgrounds. Upon embarking on her own spiritual path, Susan Skog sought the wisdom of well-known authors, doctors, poets, psychologists, environmentalists, publishers, anthropologists, and mothers. Each candidly reflects on the pain, joys, and practices that forge their strong spiritual sinews. Each shows how strengthening their inner selves gives them the outer courage to shape a more humane, compassionate society. Embracing Our Essence is a treasury of women talking to women about the issues that bring deepest meaning to their days, celebrating what it means to be female and spiritual. -- Midwest Book Review

About the Author

Susan Skog is a nationally known author, writer, and presenter. Trained as a journalist, she is the author of five books, including Peace in Our Lifetime: Insights from the World's Peacemakers; Radical Acts of Love: How Compassion is Transforming Our World; Depression: What Your Body’s Trying to Tell You; ABCs for Living; and Embracing Our Essence: Spiritual Conversations with Prominent Women. Radical Acts of Love was named one of the must-read books of 2001 by New Age Journal and the Wisdom Channel. It was also a OneSpirit Book Club selection for 2001. Radical Acts of Love features more than 80 examples of compassion in action in medicine, business, education, and elsewhere.

Embracing Our Essence, offers the spiritual stories of women such as Jane Goodall, Drs. Christiane Northrup, Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, Naomi Judd, and Betty and Susan Ford. It was widely praised by national media and developed into a series of national women’s conferences in California, Washington, D.C., and Colorado.

Susan is a frequent, popular lecturer on topics like living with compassion, resolving conflicts, and finding greater joy. She has presented at numerous corporate, medical, government, educational, and nonprofit organizations, including Hewlett-Packard, DePaul University, the USDA, Planetree Medical Alliance, Colorado State University, and MindShare Foundation, a nonprofit linking the world’s kids. She’s presented at bookstores and churches nationwide.

Susan also toured with the former Whole Life Expos in Florida and California and keynoted Embracing our Essence conferences in Washington, D.C., Colorado and California.

Susan has written numerous award-winning articles about science, medicine, technology, and the environment for the nation's leading periodicals. She lives in Fort Collins, Colorado, with her husband and two sons.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 247 pages
• Publisher: HCI (October 1, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1558743596
• ISBN-13: 978-1558743595
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #907,223 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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